https://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 01 May 2015 11:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-239494 Fri, 01 May 2015 11:24:24 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-239494 […] and beef tongue in a mildly spicy tomato and onion based sauce, accompanied by rice, potatoes, and chuño. Not bad, a bit too much on the starch, the same as I find at many casual Peruvian places – […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-650 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:36:07 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-650 […] We moved on to the sopa de maní, a peanut based soup that I last had when we “visited” Bolivia. This version was completely flavorless – the broth may as well have been milk cloud-colored dishwater, the congealed bone and tendon lump in the middle was as appealling as that sounds. It was not at all like the version we had at Comedor Emanuel that day in Villazón, nor even like other peanut based soups I’ve tried. Needless to say, we didn’t make our way through much of this bowl, in fact, I think neither of us had more than a few spoonfuls of broth. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-80 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:54:56 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-80 […] Back in mid-September when we went off on our misadventures in Bolivia, I tried a local dish, sopa de maní, that I really liked a lot. Reading the article reminded me about it, and the article provided a recipe for the mafé, so why not? Most of the ingredients I either already had or were readily available. I had to make some changes to fit some things that I couldn’t find. […]

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